PAYLESS DINING AND BAR

16905 US HWY 27, LAKE WALES, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308715. 7 inspection visits from 2023-11-08 to 2026-02-23.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-02-23: licensing inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

2 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Polk County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-02-23	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-09-10	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-09-08	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	1	0.40	2 areas 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-03-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.39	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
2025-01-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.39
2024-02-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.41	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2023-11-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.41	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.